The author has posted comments on this articleTNN | Sep 3, 2014, 06.00AM ISTPage 1 of 4Guwahati: Rahima Begum always wanted to make it big. Stumbling on her very first step, she could not complete her schooling due to acute poverty. However, almost a decade after she left the school campus in tears, she is living her dreams through the city's slum children."I'm happy now. Through these kids, I am achieving what I failed to do myself. I will be very happy if I can give these kids a decent education. Poverty is our biggest burden, but I want to emerge a winner," an emotional Rahima told TOI.She starts her day by sending her two children to school before rushing to attend to the slum children of her locality at No 2 Hafiznagar Child Protection centre at 9.30am. "This has been my routine for the last two years. I spend time with the kids and make them learn new things. All these kids are poor and I try to teach them. Soon they will join other schools," she revealed.At present, 45 children accompany Rahima to the centre to learn their lessons. All OF them come from a slum along the railway tracks in the city's Bamunimaidam area, home to around 300 people.Rahima, who hails from Nalbari, married Jaynal Ali in 2003. Her husband worked as a rag-picker in the neighbourhood before the couple shifted base to Hafiznagar in 2011.Rahima has much to thank UTSAH (Universal Team for Social Action and Help) for. The NGO, working on child rights and protection in Assam, built the child protection centre and helped her further her cause."We are driven by the philosophy of unrestricted right to life. We want to give kids a life of freedom, dignity and meaning and achieve an equitable society where everyone can live and thrive. Our mission is to create safer spaces for children and foster their development. They need care and protection," said Miguel Queah, founder and chairman of UTSAH.